…you’ve seen all of the tractors in the district?
Freedom PAC, at the Missouri Ethics Commission:
C091269: Freedom Pac
Information Reported On: 2012 – July Quarterly ReportBeginning Money on Hand $1,414.78
Monetary Receipts + $0.00
Monetary Expenditures – $0.00
Contributions Made – $0.00
Other Disbursements – $1,000.00
Subtotal ($1,000.00)
Ending Money On Hand $414.78
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Well, that isn’t very much money (up to June 30th).
And then:
C091269 07/13/2012 FREEDOM PAC Herzog Contracting Corp 600 S Riverside Road St Joseph MO 64507 7/13/2012 $54,409.15
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What on earth would they spend that kind of money on?
Today we received a fifteen inch by twelve inch slick mail piece – that’s huge and very expensive:
An attack piece directed at Senator David Pearce (r) who is facing an August primary with Mike McGhee (r).
And on the other side of the mail piece:
Why, that’s Mike McGhee with a tractor.
And who paid for that mail piece?:
Well, look at that. You’ve got to wonder if it was $54,409.15 worth of mail.
Here’s an interesting detail:
How’s that previous support for Mike McGhee working out for you, AFL-CIO?
…Mike McGhee took on union bosses to protect the right to secret ballots, and stop union bosses from taking money out of workers’ paychecks without permission…
Yeah, that filthy union money, via the Missouri Ethics Commission:
CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED – SUPPLEMENTAL
CITIZENS TO RE-ELECT MIKE MCGHEE 10/12/2010Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 562 Voluntary Political, Educational, Legislative, Charity & Defense Fund 12385 Larimore Road St. Louis, MO 63138 9/28/2010 $500.00
Missouri AFL-CIO COPE 227 Jefferson Street Jefferson City, MO 65101 9/29/2010 $200.00
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And that was just a quick search of one campaign finance report.
The people who paid for this mail piece and the people who created it think the people in the district are too stupid to notice.
And the tractor? We’ve seen that before, on a mail piece paid for by and and on behalf of Mike McGhee’s (r) campaign:
Detail from a previous mail piece paid for and on behalf of Mike McGhee (r).
Why, that’s the same tractor and Mike McGhee is wearing the same clothing. Fancy that.
You’d think they’d arrange for a change of clothes during the photo session.
Another mail piece paid for and on behalf of Mike McGhee:
Ah, the usual right wingnut drivel.
Pass the popcorn.
Previously:
Campaign Finance: David Pearce (r) and Mike McGhee (r) – July quarterly reports (July 16, 2012)
Campaign Finance: Missouri Club for Growth really likes Mike McGhee (r)… (July 13, 2012)
Campaign Finance: dueling checks – the republican primary in the 21st Senate District (July 9, 2012)
Campaign Finance: Sen. David Pearce (r) in the 21st Senate District – gonna need more signs (July 5, 2012)
Campaign Finance: five more an it’d be a right wingnut dozen (July 2, 2012)
Campaign Finance: somebody doesn’t like Sen. David Pearce (r) (June 30, 2012)
Campaign Finance: when an amazing perpetual motion machine isn’t enough (February 8, 2012)
I got push-polled on that about a month ago.
As someone living in a county whose two major employers are a public university and an air force base, I wonder if people might want to know what smaller government means.
And, in those agricultural areas, we need smaller government so let’s cut drought relief.